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Reminder: In addition to not being The Onion, this isn't a politics community (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [M] to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Look, I get it. The gargantuan shit-show that is U.S. politics and the American descent into fascism is on everyone's minds. It's certainly on mine.

But the point of this community is to highlight weird news stories that make you go, "By golly, I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion. You know, America's finest news source." A lot of stories being posted lately don't even remotely fit that.

That doesn't mean political stories aren't allowed here, but they must have headlines that would make people pause and wonder if it's a story from The Onion. Straight up regular, non Onion-y headlines don't fit.

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Moscow Is Touting North Korea as a New Tourism Hotspot. Few Russians Are Making the Trip. (www.themoscowtimes.com)
submitted 7 minutes ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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"A delight."

Paywall?

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Who’s calling? Oklahoma prison inmates were making political calls for a conservative super PAC during the primary (www.kgou.org)
submitted 13 hours ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Benjamin Netanyahu condemns West Bank settler violence after renewed attacks (www.abc.net.au)
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Buried underwear shows land use is key to soil health (phys.org)
submitted 20 hours ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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This could win the Ig-Noble prize!

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Husband jailed for using robot vacuum to catch his wife cheating - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Spotify and YouTube Profiles of Legendary Jazz Musicians Hijacked by AI Waifu Spam (futurism.com)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Swiss Politician Who Blamed Immigrants for Sex Crimes Indicted for Sexually Abusing Foreign Teenager (news.sbs.co.kr)
submitted 1 day ago* by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Indiana State Police report that lions on the loose were actually hogs (www.mywabashvalley.com)
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Man accused of stalking ex for 13 years had human skulls, John Wayne Gacy brain in a jar, authorities say (www.actionnews5.com)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies Because That’s the Future We Deserve (futurism.com)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Are we eating enough plastic already?

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FBI no longer treating an applicant's experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring (apnews.com)
submitted 2 days ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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111 mph: Brevard Deputy of the Year avoids arrest under Florida ‘Super Speeder’ law (www.clickorlando.com)
submitted 2 days ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Lawmakers want to stop kids from nicknaming their Pokémon (reason.com)
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Pabst Blue Ribbon asks thief to return truck stolen in Montclair with 40,000 pounds of beer inside (abc7.com)
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Dutch health institute issues 'red alert' over Trump-shaped ecstasy pills (www.bbc.com)
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Please don’t rearrange our shoes when we turn up, paramedics in Japan urge (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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US threatens Britain over Falklands (www.yahoo.com)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/44708818

The United States has threatened to oppose Britain's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal.

The proposal is among measures being drawn up by senior defence officials at the Pentagon as an incentive to hit Nato's 5 per cent spending pledge.

A senior US official told The Telegraph that Britain was likely to receive "special attention" in Washington's review of its allies' commitment to Nato, which will examine whether member nations have credible paths toward the target.

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British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE (www.reuters.com)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/world/p/1134428/british-far-right-commentator-milo-yiannopoulos-detained-by-ice

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Man accused of stealing fire truck while crews battle fire at his home in Dalton, officials say (www.wmur.com)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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Speaker proposes ‘public sex hut’ program during Los Angeles City Council meeting (ktla.com)
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Trump Suggests Renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean Next After Changing Lake Ontario and Gulf of Mexico on U.S. Maps (people.com)
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Dan Sullivan Advances to Face Dan Sullivan in Alaska Senate Race (www.notus.org)
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Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ (www.nbcnews.com)
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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America (www.reuters.com)
submitted 4 days ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario "Lake America" on Thursday, escalating a feud with Canada that has already ​spawned tariffs on tens of billions of dollars in cross-border ‌trade.

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